In early 2006, the General Land Office prepared documents for the leasing of groundwater resources under GLO lands in West Texas. Fran Sage's local environmental column "RIO NUEVO, WATER LEASING, AND THE GLO" summarized the state of this process as of April 1, 2006.

The General Land Office published their revised rules in the April 14, 2006 Texas Register.

Several groups sent documents proposing changes in the original draft of the rules, which are listed here to show what an environmentally friendly document might include. We hope that these suggestions will be included in the revised rules linked above.

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